Method for converting between interlaced video and progressive video during transmission via a network

Method of converting video data during a transmission via a network, comprising:

• providing video data in a first format at a transmitting end of a network;
• selecting, for transmission, consecutive pixel data corresponding to a line or a fraction of a line of a source image from the video data;
• adapting a maximum length of a data packet defined as a maximum transmission unit size (MTU size) to be transmitted to accommodate the selected consecutive pixel data, wherein the data packet includes a header and a payload section, and wherein a data packet exclusively carries pixel data originating from one single line of video;
• calculating a start address for a target memory at a receiving end of the network beginning at which start address the selected consecutive pixel data is to be written into the target memory upon receiving, and adding the start address to information in the header section of the data packet;
• adding the selected pixel data to the payload section of the data packet, and transmitting the data packet via the network;
• receiving the data packet at the receiving end of the network;
• writing the payload of the data packet to the target memory beginning at the start address indicated in the header section of the data packet;
• and
• reading the video data from the target memory in accordance with a second format.